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Introducing Adepts - a raid mentoring program

As the game ages, a growing gap between veteran raiders and newer players has put a wedge in our community. In general, pug success rates are down, the amount of LFMs being put up has diminished, and more and more private channels are being created each day.

It was the kindness of power gamers I came across that encouraged me to grow as a player from the wide-eyed newb I once was. 5 years later, I am a well-known, successful raid leader on our server. Seeing how far I have come, it is time I put my knowledge and experience to use and help better the community.

The new mentor program, appropriately labeled Adepts, will be targeted towards newer, inexperienced raiders wanting to break into the raiding world successfully. Whether you want to organize and lead raids, or simply learn how to do those nasty abbot puzzles you never had the chance to master, Adepts is targeted to help the general pugging population as a whole. Adepts will not only give you access to my own knowledge, but an array of experienced, veteran power gamers from my own guild and other endgame guilds on Thelanis.

My primary objective is to teach and train the next generation of raiders and power gamers. A general outline of the program:

RAIDS

forming raid parties

party make ups and screening people

balancing raid groups

assigning roles, buffs and other general leadership duties

how to handle griefing and correct mistakes

anticipating and recovering from errors

puzzle proficiencies

common courtesy and communication ethics

looting norms and ethics

knowing your role and following directions

raid communication

EPICS

general party make ups

how to form and run regular epic quests

scroll farming techniques

REINCARNATION AND LEVELING

planning a leveling path

speed leveling techniques

past life benefits and general character progression

twink gear and tools for successful exp farming

GENERAL

networking the newer generation with the older experienced veterans

increasing the amount of LFM’s and promoting a healthier pugging environment

raising server-wide success rates of raid pugs

provide inexperienced players a means to advance to the endgame community

You are not required to join a guild to participate in the mentor program. The mentor program will consist of an in-game chat channel, web forums and dedicated ventrilo server.

Anyone who wishes to participate in our program is more than welcome to request ventrilo and channel access. There is also the option to volunteer as a mentor in the program, sharing your knowledge and experience with the new generation. Several times a month raid seminars will be held to openly discuss raid tactics and techniques, with follow ups of live demonstrations (such as practicing tiles or completing an epic raid)

You can contact me for more information about the program via PM here on the forums, or signing onto my vent directly and paging me.

Those interested in joining, please sign up on our Forums and request access to the Adepts group. The rest of the information you need will be on our forums. Feel free to contact me on this thread or via PM if you have any questions, comments or concerns.

Different targets I think... but count me for mentoring. i already have a lvl 25 ship for Mentor Program... seems wasteful to start a new one. Can rename the guild if you want to use it. Inferus Adepts Mentor Program?

Different targets I think... but count me for mentoring. i already have a lvl 25 ship for Mentor Program... seems wasteful to start a new one. Can rename the guild if you want to use it. Inferus Adepts Mentor Program?

Appreciate the offer clay, as of now the majority of the program is actually made up of already guilded folks who are just registering on our forums for the events. I will run your offer by vinton and the other volunteers to see what they think, I don't think the guild boat is very important at the moment (considering we have an 85 ship we can invite those guys to anyhow) but I'll get back to you on that one.

nice

great idea .. would be nice to see more pugs succeed in end game content either the more demanding raids or simple epics ...hope it works out and those puggers that r eager and able to learn from the more experienced players and be able to lead or participate in more end game content succesfully.

NOTE: this link is also on our homepage so you don't have to look around for it.

Then simply click on the user group you wish to join, either mentor or member, depending on your intentions with the program. All the information for ventrilo, the chat channel, and access to our forums are done through this.

There's no more need to PM myself or vinton, granting you access is all automatically done now! You can still PM me with questions, comments or concerns though.

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